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- ተፈጸመ

Session 1
1 ActivityWhy does X mean ‘kiss’ in English?
09 Nov 2018Millions of people finish their messages with an X, which means 'kiss' in English. Learn how X came to mean 'kiss' in today's episode!
ብሚልዮናት ዝቑጸሩ ሰባት መልእኽቶም ብ 'X' ይውድእዎ። ብእንግሊዘኛ ከኣ ምስዓም ማለት ኢዩ።
ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ መደብና ብኸመይ 'X' ምስዓም ክኸውን ከም ዝኸኣለ ክንመሃር ኢና። - ተፈጸመ

Session 2
1 ActivityWhy do teenagers leave their homework to the last minute?
23 Nov 2018Today we examine one scientist’s analysis of teenagers, homework and the brain. Can she explain why teenagers leave their homework to the last minute?
ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ መደብና፡ ሓደ ሳይንቲስት ብዛዕባ ናይ ኰተቴ ዕዮ ገዛን ሓንጎልን ዝገበሮ መጽናዕቲ ክንርኢ ኢና። ኰተቴ ወይ ጎራዙ ስለምንታይ ዕዮ ገዘኦም ከይሰርሑ ክሳብ መጨረሽታ ደቂቕ ከም ዝጸንሑ ክትገልጾ’ዶ ትኽእል? - ተፈጸመ

Session 3
1 ActivityWhy do penguins waddle?
30 Nov 2018Penguins have a distinctive walk, or ‘waddle’. Today we discover the scientific theory that explains why penguins waddle.
ፐንጕን ፍሉይ ዓይነት ኣከያይዳ ኣለወን። ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ መደብና፡ ፐንጕን ስለምንታይ ዕንክይክይ እናበላ ከም ዝኸዳ ብሳይንሳዊ ክልሰ ሓሳብ ዝገልጽ መግለጺ ክንርኢ ኢና። - ተፈጸመ

Session 4
1 ActivityHow does fat affect the brain?
30 Nov 2018How does fat affect the brain? Today we listen to part of a scientific discussion and explain the ideas around this topic.
ስብሒ ብኸመይ ንሓንጎልና ክጸልዎ ይኽእል? ሎሚ ብዛዕባ’ዚ ኣርእስቲ ዝተኻየደ ሳይንሳዊ ዘተን ሓሳባትን ክንገልጽ ኢና። - ተፈጸመ

Session 5
1 ActivityWhat can chickens teach us about productivity?
14 Dec 2018Can the behaviour of chickens teach us about our own behaviour? Some studies say it can! Today we are explaining the ideas behind this theory.
ባህርያት ናይ ደርውህ፡ ብዛዕባ ባህርያትና እንታይ ክምህራና ይኽእላ? ገሊኡ መጽናዕቲ ይከኣል ኢዩ ይብሉ። ሎሚ ብድሕሪ እዚ ክለሰ ሓሳብ ዘሎ ሓሳብ ክንገልጾ ኢና። - ተፈጸመ

Session 6
1 ActivityWhat can thinking about death teach us about life?
04 Jan 2019Can considering death help to improve our lives? Today we listen to the thoughts of an end-of-life carer.
ብዛዕባ ሞት ምሕሳብ ንሂወትና ከመሓይሾ ይኽእልዶ? ንሎሚ ሓሳበት ናይ ሐደ ናባያይ መወዳእታ ዕድመ ህሞት ዝዛረብ ንስማዕ። - ተፈጸመ

Session 7
1 ActivityWhat happens when we see robots that look like us?
18 Jan 2019Robots can often look like humans, but how does this make us feel? Listen to this programme to learn great language around this topic.
ሮቦት መብዛሕትኡ እዋን ናይ ሰባት ቅርጺ ኣለዎም-እዚ እንታይ ዓይነት ስምዒት የሕድረልና? ጽን ኢልኩም ብምስማዕ ነዚ ኣርእሰቲ ዝምለከት ቋንቋ ተማሃሩ። - ተፈጸመ

Session 8
1 ActivityWhy are songs getting faster? ስለምንታይ ደርፍታት ቅልጡፍ እናኾነ ዝኸይ ዘሎ?
11 Jan 2019Modern life moves very quickly, but why does music need to move quickly too?
ዘመናዊ ሂወት ብፍጥነት እዩ ዝጎዓዝ ዘሎ። ስለምንታይ ግን ደርፍታት ከምኡ ከኸውን ተደልዩ? - ተፈጸመ

Session 9
1 ActivityWhy do we say ‘you’ to describe personal experiences? ወልቃዊ ተመኩሮና ክንገልጽ እንከለና ስለምንታይ ‘you’ ንጥቀም?
25 Jan 2019People often say ‘you’ when describing their own experiences. Today we examine one psychologist’s theory about why this happens.
ደቂ ሰባት ተመኩሮኦም ክገልጹ እንከው፤ መብዛሕኡ ግዜ ‘you’ይጥቀሙ። ንሎሚ እዚ ስለምንታይ ከም ዘጋጥመ፡ ብሓደ ናይ ስነ-ኣእምሮ ክኢላ ዝቀረበ ክልሰ-ሓሳብ ክንርኢ ኢና። - ተፈጸመ

Session 10
1 ActivityWhy was salt so important?
01 Feb 2019Nowadays we judge status and wealth with cars and clothes – but how was it measured in the past? Today we find out why salt was so important!
ኣብዚ እዋን ንዋትን መንኪና ዝውንኑ ሃብቲን ማሕበራዊ ደረጃን ከም ዘሎዎም ጌርና ንወስዶም። እዚ ግን ቀደም ብኸመይ ይዕቀን ነይሩ። ንሎሚ ብኸመይ ጨው ኣገዳሲ ከም ዝነበረ ክንርኢ ኢና።